Bill Text: AZ SB1021 | 2010 | Forty-ninth Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Justification; defensive display; firearm
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-03 - Referred to House JUD Committee [SB1021 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2010-SB1021-Engrossed.html
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State of Arizona Senate Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010
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SENATE BILL 1021 |
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AN ACT
amending sections 13-405 and 13-415, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to justification.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-405, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
13-405. Justification; use of deadly physical force
A person is justified in threatening or using deadly physical force against another if both of the following apply:
1. If such the person would be justified in threatening or using physical force against the other under section 13‑404, and or defensively displaying a firearm under section 13-421.
2. When and to the degree a reasonable person would believe that deadly physical force is immediately necessary to protect himself against the other's use or attempted use of unlawful deadly physical force.
Sec. 2. Section 13-415, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
13-415. Justification; domestic violence
If there have been past acts of domestic violence as defined in section 13‑3601, subsection A against the defendant by the victim, the state of mind of a reasonable person under sections 13‑404, 13‑405, and 13‑406 and 13-421 shall be determined from the perspective of a reasonable person who has been a victim of those past acts of domestic violence.
